{Lilly} Waiting on Arrangements

Lucan Thorne  July 21, 2013  *Parked in his office chair, he waits for an answering text from Gideon. Hoping it is good news from the stables, because he intends for Gabrielle to have her horse one way or another. His fingers drum on the desk top as he waits. Gideon is a persuasive male, and his charm and British accent usually take him far with human females. His patience reaches its end and he fires off another text*

{Atlanteans} A Reason To Go

Lucan: *Sitting across from Gideon while the sharp minded male handles the original page the young warriors have brought them. He has preserved the original well and made several scanned copies for the team to examine. Tegan looks over the other worldly symbols and familiar looking text, silently concentrating on the images until he finally drops it to the table and eases back in his chair. Frustrated himself, his mind turns to Dare and Jenna; the incredible work they have done with the cataloging and referencing of the Ancient’s history and memories has been a tedious task, yet one they both seem to excel at. He nods to Gideon, letting him know that it is time to turn the original page over to their resident experts, he sends off a text asking the two of them to meet him in his office*

Gideon: *Looking over the page for the hundredth time, I hold it by the ends carefully, even though it’s in a protective sheath. I keep wracking my brain trying to decode the information right in front of my eyes, but to my frustration, it’s just a no go. I watch as Tegan and Lucan mull it over, hoping that one of them can reach back and pull out something from their combined sixteen hundred years of existence. Getting “the look” from Lucan, I know he’s ready to call in the super librarian and her sidekick to take over*

Tegan: *grunting, he pinched his nose bridge as he scanned the documents and their references. Nothing was adding up* Fucking hell, send them in. They've probably studied the language better than we have. *The times had changed, the languages even more so than the ones Lucan and he had spoken back in ancient Europe*

Dare: *receiving the text from my father, I walk briskly to his office, meeting Jenna on the way.* They must have found something they want us to see, since they want us both. At least it must mean I'm not in trouble with Father! *going in to the office, I see Father sitting at the long table with Tegan and Gideon, studying a paper. Nodding to my uncles, I look at my father expectantly.*

Jenna: *receiving a message, I head down to Lucan's office. Smiling at Dare as he remarks about getting in trouble. As we enter the office together, I notice the frustrated expressions and the note on the desk. * You called for us?

Lucan: Jenna, Dare, thank you for arriving so promptly. We have something we think might be of interest to you, Nathan, Kellan and Mira recovered the original text about a week ago, and we would like you to lend your knowledge of Ancient languages to deciphering the page. *Gesturing with an open palm, , he offers them a seat at the table and watches as Gideon slides up to them in his rolling chair and drops a copy of the page in front of each of them.

Gideon: *Laying out their copies, I slide back to my own space, watching as both of them look over the text, Dare steals a glance at his Dad who I could have sworn narrowed his eye enough to be considered a wink. Sliding off my glasses, I breathe on them and rub them with my t-shirt before popping them back on. Jenna looks up asking where we came across the old page. Nodding to Tegan I wait for him to fill them in on his warrior's recovery mission*

Tegan: During a patrol with Kellan, Nathan, Mira and their teams, they ran across Dia. Unfortunately, he eluded capture once more but we have a treasured artifact within our keep.*He pointed at certain phrases that he had highlighted on his copy* Perhaps you two could help with this business. You've studied the journals and history enough. Have you run across anything of this nature?

Dare: *Studying the copy handed to me by Gideon, I glance over at Jenna. Our eyes meet as realization of what we have dawns on us.* I've seen this before. It's in one of Jenna's journals. *Turning to my Father* I've been working on cataloging some of the repetitive writings and phrases. I've stored them on our secure server. *going over to Father's laptop, I begin searching for the journal that contains these phrases so we can figure this out. Locating the specific one, I head to the library to retrieve not only that one, but the ones before and after to try to put this in proper context, leaving Jenna to translate while I use my speed to get to the library.*

Jenna: *reviewing the page, I look around the room wondering how this could be. Grabbing a piece of paper and a pen I start to translate the writing. 

~castle and croft shall come together 

under the crescent moon 
to the borderlands east turn your eye 
at the cross lies truth

once there turn to the moon
a second marking
will be revealed

your fate and destiny
you will find behind
the evil's eyes~

Finishing the translation I read it over quietly before pushing the paper toward Lucan* This sounds familiar for some reason.

Lucan: *The translation before him is familiar indeed. Scrubbing his hands over his face, he reads over the translation again* Fuck *meeting Tegan and Gideon's stares, he passes them the paper to look over* Seems the Odlof/Dragos riddle had more to it then the original verse. Gideon I want you on this full time figure this shit out.

Gideon: *I quickly read it over twice. My mind pulling up the original and doing a fast comparison. I'm on it boss, but actually it wasn't me who figured out the first riddle, the breedmates had a huge hand in it. *Passing the page off to Tegan, I think of the help Elise and Savannah were to us the first time around* If this verse holds the same significance as the first on did, I think it should be top priority, and I think the best place to start is at the beginning, I think we need to send a recon mission to Prague, back to the site of the Ancient's tomb. *cursing under my breath as I see Lucan's stiff reaction*

Tegan: *He smirked, a humorless tilt to his lips.* Back to the beginning eh? I'm sure the ladies would love to help. I certainly hear it enough from Elise. *He turned to the librarian and her assistant* Great work you two. If this riddle is any indication, we'll need all hands on deck before shit blows up in our face.

Dare: *returning to the room, 3 journals under my arm. Placing them on the table, I turn to the page where the riddle appears, word for word.* Here it is. However, if we look at this closer, I think it is not from Dragos. It appears to be a warning from the Atlanteans. Note the reference to the crescent moon, and a second marking - the teardrop? *turning to Jenna* What do you think? We could go over these other two journals as well. They are the ones just before and after the one where the riddle appears. *Nodding toward Gideon* I think Gid is on the right track - Prague is where we should start.

Jenna: *nodding to Tegan* You can certainly count me in. *Getting up to look over the journals Dare brought back, I open the second scanning the pages.* There has to be something here that will help us. We need a plan and to catalog what we already know.

Lucan: *His mind already forming a battle strategy, he looks to his Son, Dare, you and Jenna have done well, head back to the library and see what else you may be able to uncover. Tegan, Gideon, I want all hands on deck for this thing. Gideon, I believe you're right about needing a travel party, get started right away with making the arrangements, notify Malcolm and Lazaro that we will need their European contacts, also letMicah know his team may be needed. Tegan, I want your input on which of our warriors will make the best recon team, for this mission. Lets get them notified and made ready as soon as possible*

{High Jinks of the Breed Kind} The Fort

Kade Breed posted to‎ Lucan Thorne July 13, 2013 *Immediately coming to attention as Boss's booming voice echo's through the halls. Slowly exchanging a nervous glance with  Gideon* Don't suppose he likes our fort, Man. *Looking towards the door and back again* Better get our asses down there before he comes to retrieve them.

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Gideon Breed *Quietly racing through the halls with Kade, my mind busy coming up with an exit strategy that doesn't include leaving with Lucan's size fourteen boot impaled in my body, as we burst through the office door, I start talking fast and pointing at Kade* Boss, man he was the one who brought me the blue prints, I think they came from Tegan.

Kade Breed *Eyes going wide as he registers the words coming out of Gideon's mouth, he quickly points back at him, informing the Boss that it was all really HIS fault* BULLSHIT, Gid. You know damn well you were there when Tegan handed US those blueprints. In fact, it was your idea to follow through with building "Lucan's Playland"

Gideon Breed Shut up kid, *nudging Kade with my shoulder, I look across the desk at Lucan* Boss, you know how serious I take blueprints, once I had them, the build was on, besides I think it was Hunter that contributed the posters, or was is Nathan or maybe  Mathias? I can't quite remember, but I think it was Sterling who said to build you a great anniversary gift. *nudging Kade again* right kid?

Kade Breed *Understanding where this was going, he moves to stand next to Gideon to help argue their point* It's true Boss, we just heard there needed to be work done on a gift for you and we figured *shrugs* Hey, we're your guys. I mean, shit, Brock even told us where to find the building materials and Rio gave us the supporting pipes. *looking at Gideon and grinning*

Gideon Breed *With one last rush of breath I try to implicate at least one more warrior without cracking a smile* Oh and Niko gave us the best little firecrackers to set it all off with sparklers and everything, but given his penchant for "go big or go home" explosives, I decided to skip them, oh and Kellan picked you out a great card, it must be in the fort somewhere. *finally pausing in our ranting, Kade and I wait as Lucan looks stone faced across the desk at us*

Lucan Thorne *Eyeing each of his warriors carefully* As you can see, I removed the images you so kindly posted of my mate, I can appreciate the craftsmanship and excellent building skills of two fine breed males such as yourselves. *Clenching his jaw so tightly his teeth feel as if they may crack* I would give you a round of applause, but I made my mate a promise; so my hands are to remain at my sides *opening and closing his fists repeatedly* You two go and enjoy your evening, because when I decide to repay the kindness you have bestowed upon me, I don't want you to see it coming, now you two fuckers get yours asses out of my office, and take those fucking cushions with you.

{High Jinks of the Breed Kind} The Fort

Lucan Thorne  July 13, 2013 WHAT. THE. FUCK — with Kade Breed and Gideon Breed.

{High Jinx of the Breed Kind} Pudding War

Brock Breed  July 11, 2013   *walking down the hall, I head into the kitchen to get some more of the huge batch of chocolate pudding I made to put out for everyone. Dishing it up, I turn to see Kade entering the room. Turning to him with the chocolate covered spoon in my hand* What's up bro?

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Kade Breed Heard Betty Crocker was in town, wanted to stop by and see for myself. *cocks his head sideways* Damn, Mrs. Crocker, you sure did out on some weight. *grins*

Brock Breed Fucker. *looking at the chocolate covered spoon in my hand, I dip out another huge dollop, then turn and flip it at him, hitting him squarely in the face* Now there's an improvement!

Kade Breed *Smearing the pudding away from his eyes with his fingers* Mother Fuc... *stops short as a second round hits it's mark* That's it, Pudding Boy *launches himself at Brock, grabbing the three large bowls of already made pudding along the way*

Brock Breed *laughing at the mess all over Kade* You know you just wanna be the same color as me, bro! I did you a favor! *just then, he slams into me with the bowls of pudding, sending it flying everywhere. Scooping double handfuls of the thick sweet stuff off the floor, I rub it into his hair* How's that?

Kade Breed *growling at the thought of Alexandra's reaction to his pudding matted hair, he smashes Brock's face into a conveniently situated pile of pudding. He sends another handful down the back of his shirt and smears as much pudding as he can grab into Brock's ear* That's nothin, I was a pudding wrestling champion at my high school.

Brock Breed Oh yeah? Pansy pudding wrestler. That figures. *maneuvering around in the slippery stuff, and putting Kade in a half nelson, then reaching around and shoving a handful of the stuff down the back of his pants* Need a diaper dude?

Tavia Chase *Walking out of my quarters, I see two breed males, covered in something brown* What on earth are you two doing? *ducking as pudding flies over my head *

Kade Breed Diaper? Hell no! Get your hands out of my pants, man! *rolling sideways and narrowly missing the table leg, he grabs a giant handful of pudding and flings it directly at Brock's face* Suck Pudding, Bro!! *he watches as his buddy ducks below the pudding bomb allowing it to continue on its trajectory to splatter all over the front of Jenna* Oh SHIT

Brock Breed *sliding around in the pudding, smearing handfuls all over Kade, and laughing, I stop dead in my tracks as I see my mate covered in pudding* Babe?

Tavia Chase *Standing against the wall watching the antics of Kade and Brock. Covering my mouth when Jenna gets creamed with pudding* I think you two may be in trouble! *taking a step, sliding in a big glob of pudding *

Kade Breed *He watches as Tavia goes down, splattering more pudding all over Jenna, and comes screaming across the pudding covered floor before smashing into Brock* This is Epic, man!

Brock Breed *wide eyed, watching as the scene unfolds - catching Jenna's eye. As I see her give me the classic stink eye, I watch my life pass before my eyes. Looking over at Tavia and Kade, I can't help but laugh.* Savannah's gonna kick our asses for messing up the kitchen!

Tavia Chase *Looking at my new heels that were ruined, I toss them off, screaming at the top of my lungs. Grabbing two handfuls of pudding and rubbing them in Brock's and Kade's face. Turning to walk away, I slide landing on the bowl of pudding*

Kade Breed *Cringing as Tavia goes ass first into the pudding pile, he turns to Brock for one last handful of pudding to the face* Couldn't have done better myself, man. *grins* Now let's get the HELL out of Dodge before Savannah sees what your dumb ass started.

Brock Breed *half laughing and choking on pudding, I help Tavia up, then go into gales of laughter at the pudding smeared across her ass. Handing Kade a mop and a bucket, we get the mess cleaned up as best we can. Grabbing Jenna's hand* C'mon babe, let's hit the shower. The least I can do is help you get cleaned up. *weg*

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{High Jinks of the Breed Kind} The Fort

Kade Breed July 10, 2013 *Trying not to laugh as he watches Gideon stumble down the hallway with an armful of the couch cushions they had just swiped from the compound living room. He carefully balances his own armful as he slowly toes open the door to Lucan's office. Glancing back towards Gideon he whispers* Let's go, Bright Eyes. Get your cushioned ass in here before he figures out what we're doing! — with Gideon Breed.

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Gideon Breed *Holding back a laugh as we stealth into the boss's office, I drop the cushions on the floor and Kade quietly helps me push Lucan's desk to the far side of the room. I get busy on the build, crawling around pulling the dowels out of the duffel bag and propping the cushions from the inside*

Kade Breed Dude, did you bring the wallpaper? *He reaches around the first wall of their fort to grab some more supports to help reinforce the base. Collecting the last few cushions, he lifts them high over the edge and passes them to Gideon to start building the roof* Boss is going to shit when he sees this, bro.

Gideon Breed *Grabbing the posters from the duffel, I hand them over before starting to place the roof cushions* Dude, just peel and stick those suckers.

Kade Breed *Grinning to himself as he pulls the posters out of the bag* That's what she said, Bro. *He peels the backs off the decals and sticks them everywhere he can find an open space, leaving the last of the building to Gideon. Upon finishing he rubs his hands together and admires their work* This might be the mother of all Epic, Man. *waits for a reply and gets none* Gid? *looks around but doesn't see his partner* Yo, Gid, where you at? Don't tell me you bailed on me, Shit!

Gideon Breed *Hearing Kade, I secure the last dowel, realizing he has put the finishing touches on, I stand, peeking through the small hole in the cushions as we both realize I'm stuck on the inside. Flipping him the finger as he doubles over laughing and calling me a super genius, I slide a cushion to the side hoping I don't topple the whole thing, after making my way out I grab Kade and pull him to the door* Jenga bitch

Kade Breed *fist bumping Gideon* Fuckin A, man. I have never laughed so hard in my life. Now let's blow this popsicle stand.

Gideon Breed *Grabbing the last piece of our puzzle, I slap it on the door to Lucan's office, then lock it behind us* Let's get the hell out of here.  

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Patrol: Following Dia

Nathan Bishop  July 9, 2013  -After readying my body with weapons, my team and I meet down in the garage. I look up as we are getting into one of the SUV's as  Mira  and Kellan exit the compound, their team following. I give a nod to them as Mira rounds the front of another SUV. I place the comm unit in my ear and tap it, hearing the others come online as well- Ok, team, let's move out. -I look up, meeting Mira and Kellan's eyes- You guys want to meet up later after patrol?

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Mira Nicholas-Archer *nodding* Sure, if you want, that would be fun. *Checking my prized knives one more time before climbing into our SUV, behind the driver's seat. Out of the corner of my eye I see Kellan climbing into the passenger seat; though he was supposed to be dead, in the eyes of everyone outside our little world, my mate had been accompanying my team on our missions...it was a welcome addition to the team I had worked so hard to be the leader of* We set? *when all voices answered affirmatively, I put the SUV into gear and follow Nathan out of the compound.*

Kellan Archer *checking my weapons as I get in the SUV hearing Mira ask if we were set to go, I look over at Nathan* Same place as last time man that way you poor unmated males can feed before heading back to the compound! *we pull out after Nathan turning left as he turns right* Ok guys let's get this done so we can enjoy the rest of the night! *winks at Mira*

Nathan Bishop -As I drive deeper into the city, Rafe and Jax are cutting up in the back, their jibes at one another a welcome relief whenever the pressure is on. I glance beside me to my second in command, Eli, as he makes a few adjustments to his weapons. I find a parking spot and we exit the SUV, moving in sync to a predetermined location to start our patrols- Let's do this, brothers. -we fistbump in unison and head out, scanning the area as we walk, all of us wondering if the night is going to be another stalemate or will it actually produce some results.-

Mira Nicholas-Archer *It's mostly quiet in the SUV, as we drive to the scouting location within the city...Webb is using big words again and Kellan, Torin and Bal are giving him crap. I can't help but chuckle at their antics, so different from missions a few months ago. When grief and revenge were all consuming...I couldn't have been very easy to be around.* Here's the spot. With any luck there will be rebels we can rough up a bit. *looking back at my team with a grin before we all get out of the SUV...the clicking of the guns and the boots on the pavement is a welcome sound. It's been a while...* North, we go north.

Kellan Archer *as we climb out of the SUV I scan the area looking for anything out of the ordinary. Hearing Mira's direction to head north we make our way down an alley* I think we should split up to cover more ground! Webb you three head off in that direction and we will head down here, make sure you keep your comm's on and report back to us if you find anything!

Nathan Bishop -At the end of the block, I see a shadow cross the street. Frowning, I spread out my Breed senses, my team doing the same as they catch sight of the male. We know it's a Breed, one we don't recognize, yet. He crosses under a street lamp- Son of a bitch! Diabolus Breed! -tapping my comm unit- Mira, Eli is sending you coordinates. We just spotted Diabolus and could use your assistance. We don't want to lose the bastard again. -I listen to her affirmative as Eli texts her the location. We begin following Dia and Eli keeps Mira on tracks-

Mira Nicholas-Archer You're hot when you're barking out orders, you know that right? *laughing at Kellan's face...we head straight, finding a whole lot of nothing in our alleyway and just when I'm thinking that this night is a bust, I hear Nathan in my comm.* Damn it, that little fucker! *mentally wishing that I was already there, so I could have a chance at him, I call my team back to the SUV and I floor it to Nathan's location* We have to get him this time...he needs to pay!

Kellan Archer *Hearing that Diabolus had been spotted by Nathan was a welcome highlight to an otherwise dead night. As we jump in the SUV and speed to the location all I can think of is getting my hands on that son of a bitch. Parking the truck and making our way down the street I talk into the comm* Nate where do you want us?

Nathan Bishop -As we are following Dia, I hear Mira and Kellan and their team quietly run up behind us. I hold up my hand in a Stop motion. Everyone stops and silence reigns. I point to Dia as he stops to check his cell phone. Using hand signals, I start sending the guys around the buildings, caging him in. He pockets his phone, turns and continues down the sidewalk, taking a quick turn down the alley. I motion for Mira and Kellan to come with me as the other members are following my instructions- We aren't letting his bastard get away this time. Let's get him!

Mira Nicholas-Archer *We slow up and split up, caging the bastard...the odds seem as though they are in our favor, but with him there is never a guarantee. He pockets his phone and starts walking more briskly into the abandoned warehouse* How freaking typical... *We follow behind him and spread out further, to give him less room to slither away like the little snake that he is*

Kellan Archer *looking over at Mira and Nathan I give a few hand signals letting them know to split up into two man groups* Let's go get this fucker! *with a nod we take off into the building weapons at the ready, taking off in all directions once we enter thinking to cut of all routes of escape. But as we begin to search we realize that he is nowhere to be found. Walking over to a desk I look on the floor and find a balled up piece of paper, picking it up I look at it and can't help but look over at Nathan with a What. The. Fuck. expression on my face*

Nathan Bishop -As both our teams converge in the middle of the building, we realize that Dia has escaped. I rub my hand over my freshly shaved scalp, my glyphs beginning to churn with color as my eyes flash amber around the room.- How the fuck did we lose him? - I look at Kellan, watching him as he unrolls some paper. I see him frown as I move closer, looking at the paper myself- What is it? -I frown as I try to read it- I think it's Atlantean. I caught some of the writing in the library. I think Dare can decipher it. Let's get it back to Lucan. -The teams gather together, we look around to make sure there is nothing else of interest, before leaving. We make our way back to our SUV's and head back to the compound with our find-

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